Matthew 6:5

And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Matthew 6 · Words of Christ are set in red.

2 songs meet this passage

  • Hey Look Ma, I Made It · Panic! At the Disco

    strains against Matthew 6:5

    Prayer performed as spectacle in a self-built 'cathedral' of fame mirrors the hollow, self-glorifying prayer Jesus critiques.

  • “You pray in public with words rehearsed”

    I Never Said That (RedWords) · JoshM

    strains against Matthew 6:5-6

    Calls out performative piety using the same contrast Jesus drew between public display and private sincerity.

Elsewhere in Matthew 6